#whitegirlprobs

By Colbi Mouser

For some reason every time I go to Starbucks I have to have a venti. A grande just doesn’t cut it because I always want more, and I like the bigger cup. So I pay the $5.36 for my venti coffee and go about my day. The only problem is, towards the end of my drink, it starts to get lukewarm. I can’t stand it! I like iced coffee, and of course I like it hot. But there is nothing worse than right in the middle. So to ensure I get my money’s worth, I always have to chug that last little bit of lukewarm coffee just to get it over with.

Just as being lukewarm doesn’t work for my White Mocha, it doesn’t work in our walk with Christ either. Sometimes we find ourselves going through the motions in our faith. We claim to be a Christian, yet we don’t live a life completely devoted to Jesus Christ. We think we are “good with God” because we go to Verve every Wednesday. Maybe we have a good week and go to church on Sunday morning too. Or maybe we post a picture of a Bible verse on social media. We are doing what “good” Christians do, so everything’s good, right? Wrong. What I have found from someone who is lukewarm in their faith is this: They make their relationship with Christ about themselves, and what they are doing. Their current status with God depends on what they have done that week. To be lukewarm is to be complacent in your faith. Instead of pursuing after Christ whole-heartedly, you are going through the motions. There is no passion, no love, and no change in your heart. Not only is God not impressed with this type of faith, He is repulsed by it.

Read Revelation 3:14-16 

Going through the motions of church or a Christian lifestyle is not what it looks like to truly be a follower of Jesus. In this verse we learn that since you are neither cold nor hot, He will vomit you out of His mouth. It is absolutely disgusting to Him. I don’t know about you, but I never want to live a complacent lifestyle that disgust the one who died in my place and took away my sin and shame. Instead, I want to passionately pursue the heart of Jesus Christ everyday. I want to challenge you to remain focused on your relationship with Christ everyday, because nothing good comes from something lukewarm.